Disclaimer: See Ch. 1

AN: I know it's kinda short but I haven't had much time and I haven't gotten many good ideas...sorry.

Chapter 8: The Good Fight

Many things had happened the night Derek met Kelly's family. The obvious one was the family meeting Derek Shepherd. But, an even more important thing happened that night. That night was the first time that Derek and Kelly had sex.

"Mmm…that was fun." Derek said while stretching and giving Kelly a kiss.

"I have to know something though. Now, I don't want to offend you, but do you have feelings for me? Because if you don't-" Kelly was interrupted by a heart stopping kiss.

"Kelly Noelle Garrison, I love you." Derek said holding her face in his hands.

"I knew I kept you around for a reason." Kelly said smiling. Derek kissed her forehead, then her nose and then her lips. "So, maybe we should get ready?" Kelly asked.

"Or, we could lay here in each other's arms for awhile." Derek said shrugging jokingly.

"I really really like that idea, and then we can take a shower." Kelly said with a mischievous grin. To make a long story short, they didn't get out of the house until 12:00, 3 hours after they had gotten up.

"So, this is the hospital you worked at." Derek said putting an emphasis on the word 'worked'.

"Yup, this is Memorial Hospital. This is one of the worst places to work, no hot guys." Kelly said shaking her head.

"I knew there was a reason I didn't get a position here!" Derek joked.

"Ha ha, you're a funny one." Kelly said sarcastically.

"You know it."

"Kelly! You're back!" A guy about Derek's age said running toward Kelly. Kelly turned and started walking away quickly while Derek stayed where he was. "Kelly, come on, I didn't mean to." The guy pleaded.

Kelly turned around suddenly, tears streaming down her face. "You didn't mean to? You really want me to believe that bull shit? You 'didn't mean to' have sex with a patient. A 14-year old patient I might add! God, what do you take me for? I am far from being an idiot about these things. Oliver, YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH A 14-YEAR OLD FOR A FUCKING MONTH!" Kelly screamed at this guy.

"Hun, come on let's go. You shouldn't have to deal with this." Derek whispered in her ear soothingly.

"You are so right; I shouldn't waste my time on a cheating SLEEZE!" Kelly said raising her voice on the last word.

"Who is this guy? Dude, get away from my woman." Oliver said charging at Derek.

"This is my boyfriend, Derek, and I am NOT your woman, you can't treat people like property, Oliver." Kelly said a little more calmly.

"You know what, I don't like that you're moving in on my woman when she's only been away for two weeks." Oliver said getting extremely close to Derek.

"Maybe, you shouldn't talk about my girlfriend like that." Derek said calmly even though the anger inside him was rising.

"Shut the hell up." Oliver spat. Derek, getting tired of this guy, punched Oliver square in the jaw. Just like the time he punched Mark when he came for Addison, only harder.

"Jesus! Where did you learn to hit like that?" Kelly asked smiling.

"I did a little boxing in college. Should we just leave him here?" Derek asked, he was just glad that Kelly wasn't angry at him for punching out her ex-boyfriend.

"I'll just tell Nurse Jill that Dr. Oliver needs some stitches." Kelly said smiling. She looked at Derek's hand and her smile faded. "Maybe, we should clean you up too."

Derek looked down at his hand, it was indeed bleeding. "I guess so, are you gonna stitch me up?" Derek asked smiling.

"Of course!" Kelly responded.

Soon after the Oliver incident Kelly and Derek were heading hand and hand to the resident's locker room at Memorial when a cry of a baby rang out into the hospital. "We're near the new baby nursery right now." Kelly said stopping at a long glass window where many babies were lined up in bassinettes. "I love babies, they smell good." Kelly said touching the glass.

"I do too, can we go in?" Derek asked gesturing towards the opening door of the nursery.

"Let me just go check with my good friend, Nurse Lena." Kelly said smiling. She left Derek outside still looking into the nursery.

"Which one's yours?" A voice came from a grinning man standing next to Derek also looking in on the babies.

"None of them, I just love kids. My girlfriend was a resident here and she just went in to ask if we could hold some of the babies. Which one is yours?" Derek asked.

"The girl in the front row, Marleigh. My wife chose the name, I would've been happy with Allison or Lucy or something like that but she insisted on the name Marleigh." The man explained.

"I like it. It's different. She's beautiful." Derek told the man.

"Thanks." He said.

"No-" Derek started.

"Derek, they said we could play with them." Kelly said smiling brightly.

"It was nice talking to you." Derek said holding out his hand to the man.

"It was nice meeting you too, Derek." He shook Derek's hand and turned around and left.

"Who was that guy?" Kelly asked taking Derek's hand in her own.

"I don't know his name, we were just talking. His daughter is the one named Marleigh." Derek said pointing to the adorable baby.

"Marleigh, I like it." Kelly said after contemplating a bit.

"That's what I told that guy." Derek said smiling.

"Great minds think alike." Kelly said shrugging.

After browsing through all the babies, Kelly and Derek decided that it was time to go clean out Kelly's locker and go to her house to get changed before traveling to Derek's family's house.

"Your house is beautiful, you really grew up here?" Kelly asked amazed.

"Yeah, I've lived here pretty much my whole life. I have some big plans for my property in Seattle. It's big enough to have a really large house with a wraparound porch… I've always wanted a wraparound porch." Derek replied.

"Growing up so close to the beach, I would see wraparound porches everywhere I went. Though, I never had one." Kelly thought aloud.

"Uncle Derek!" A voice came from the back yard. "Hey everyone, Uncle Derek is here!" This announcement was followed by many excited 'yays'. All of a sudden 12 children came from the backyard into the huge front yard. 7 girls and 5 boys. Each and every one of them came and practically mauled Derek with their hugs and questions. Derek forgot to mention that he hadn't mentioned that Kelly was coming with him.

"You guys, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Kelly." Derek said putting an arm around Kelly's shoulders.

A chorus of 'hi Kelly's' and 'hello's' came out of the children.

"Hi guys." Kelly said to the kids. She turned to Derek. "Does your family know I'm coming?" She asked.

"Um, not exactly." Derek replied looking uneasy.

"What do you mean not exactly?" Kelly asked.

"I just forgot to mention you were coming with me." Derek said smiling apologetically.

"How is it going to look when you walk in with a woman that looks exactly like your ex-wife without any notice?" Kelly asked.

"Hey, they always have to accommodate just one more person; it won't be a problem, okay?" Derek asked reassuring Kelly. He grabbed Kelly's hand and led her to the backyard.

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